A Social Design Summer School

A Social Design Summer School focusing on material and immaterial resources of the city

with The master programme Social Design Arts as Urban Innovation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna

together with Bogomir Doringer

and Florian Part

in collaboration with Vidyashilp University Centre for Art, Design and Innovation, Bengaluru

Register Here : https://vidyashilp.edu.in/mou/

The Topic “Material and Immaterial Resources”

As of the same importance as the material qualities of spaces, it is also the everyday practices, ephemeral moments and immaterial resources – such as history, social networks, cultural norms, neighbours’ skills and care-taking – that make up the urban fabric. What site-specific methods can we develop to understand a place in all these dimensions? How can both material and immaterial resources become the starting point for careful transformation?

By pooling the knowledge and skills of transdisciplinary teams from areas such as the social sciences, environmental chemistry and waste management, digital arts, design, visual arts, administration, architecture, landscape and planning, we will develop and apply site-specific methods for researching the everyday, ephemeral, immaterial and material qualities of urban spaces, with the aim of reimagining and remaking a possible circular future.